Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 4.4

adhamajagataḥ sthitivarṇanam
rājovāca
vismito'smi mahābhāga śrutvākhyānaṃ mahāmate /
saṃsāro'yaṃ pāparūpaḥ kathaṃ mucyeta bandhanāt

kaśyapasyāpi dāyādastrilokīvibhave sati /
kṛtavānīdṛśaṃ karma ko na kuryāñcugupsitam

garbhe praviśya bālasya hananaṃ dāruṇaṃ kila /
sevāmiṣeṇa mātuśca kṛtvā śapathamad‌bhutam

śāstā dharmasya goptā ca trilokyāḥ patirapyuta /
kṛtavānīdṛśaṃ karma ko na kuryādasāmpratam

pitāmahā me saṃgrāme kurukṣetre'tidāruṇam /
kṛtavantastathāścaryaṃ duṣṭaṃ karma jagad‌guro

bhīṣmodroṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo dharmāśo'pi yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
sarve viruddhadharmeṇa vāsudevena noditāḥ

asāratāṃ vijānantaḥ saṃsārasya sumedhasaḥ /
devāṃśāśca kathaṃ cakurninditaṃ dharmatatparāḥ

kāsthā dharmasya viprendra pramāṇaṃ kiṃ viniścitam /
calacitto'smi sañjātaḥ śrutvā caitatkathānakam

āptavākyaṃ pramāṇaṃ cedāptaḥ kaḥ paradehavān /
puruṣo viṣayāsakto rāgī bhavati sarvathā

rāgo dveṣo bhavennūnamarthanāśādasaṃśayam /
dveṣādasatyavacanaṃ vaktavyaṃ svārthasiddhaye

jarāsandhavighātārthaṃ hariṇā sattvamūrtinā /
chalena racitaṃ rūpaṃ brāhmaṇasya vijānatā

tadāptaḥ kaḥ pramāṇaṃ kiṃ sattvamūrtirapīdṛśaḥ /
arjuno'pi tathaivātra kārye yajñavinirmite

kīdṛśo'yaṃ kṛto yajñaḥ kimarthaṃ śamavarjitaḥ /
paralokapadārthaṃ vā yaśase vānyathā kila

dharmasya prathamaḥ pādaḥ satyametacchrutervacaḥ /
dvitīyastu tathā śaucaṃ dayā pādastṛtīyakaḥ

dānaṃ pādaścaturthaśca purāṇajñā vadanti vai /
tairvihīnaḥ kathaṃ dharmastiṣṭhediha susammataḥ

dharmahīnaṃ kṛtaṃ karma kathaṃ tatphaladaṃ bhavet /
dharme sthirā matiḥ kvāpi na kasyāpi pratīyate

chalārthañca yadā viṣṇurvāmano'bhūñcagatprabhuḥ /
yena vāmanarūpeṇa vañcito'sau balirnṛpaḥ

vihartā śatayajñasya vedājñāparipālakaḥ /
dharmiṣṭho dānaśīlaśca satyavādī jitendriyaḥ

sthānātprabhraṃśito'kasmādviṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā /
jitaṃ kena tayoḥ kṛṣṇa balinā vāmanena vā

chalakarmavidā cāyaṃ sandeho'tra mahānmama /
vañcayitvā vañcitena satyaṃ vada dvijottama

purāṇakartā tvamasi dharmajñaśca mahāmatiḥ /
vyāsa uvāca
jitaṃ vai balinā rājan dattā yena ca medinī

trivikramo'pi nāmnā yaḥ prathito vāmano'bhavat /
chalanārthamidaṃ rājanvāmanatvaṃ narādhipa

samprāptaṃ hariṇā bhūyo dvārapālatvameva ca /
satyādanyatarannāsti mūlaṃ dharmasya pārthiva

duḥsādhyaṃ dehināṃ rājansatyaṃ sarvātmanā kila /
māyā balavatī bhūpa triguṇā bahurūpiṇī

yayedaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvaṃ guṇaiḥ śabalitaṃ tribhiḥ /
tasmācchalavatā satyaṃ kuto'viddhaṃ bhavennṛpa

miśreṇa janitā caiva sthitireṣā sanātanī /
vaikhānasāśca munayo niḥsaṅgā niṣpratigrahāḥ

satyayuktā bhavantyatra vītarāgā gataspṛhāḥ /
dṛṣṭāntadarśanārthāya nirmitāste ca tādṛśāḥ

anyatsarvaṃ śabalitaṃ guṇairebhistribhinṛpa /
naikaṃ vākyaṃ purāṇeṣu vedeṣu nṛpasattama

dharmaśāstreṣu cāṅgeṣu saguṇai raciteṣviha /
saguṇaḥ saguṇaṃ kuryānnirguṇo na karoti vai

guṇāste miśritāḥ sarve na pṛthagbhāvasaṅgatāḥ /
nirvyalīke sthire dharme matiḥ kasyāpi na sthirā

bhavod‌bhave mahārāja māyayā mohitasya vai /
indriyāṇi pramāthīni tadāsaktaṃ manastathā

karoti vividhānbhāvānguṇaistaiḥ prerito bhṛśam /
brahmādistambaparyantāḥ prāṇinaḥ sthirajaṅgamāḥ

sarve māyāvaśā rājan sānukrīḍati tairiha /
sarvānvai mohayatyeṣā vikurvatyaniśaṃ jagat

asatyo jāyate rājankāryavānprathamaṃ naraḥ /
indriyārthāṃścintayāno na prāpnoti yadā naraḥ

tadarthaṃ chalamādatte chalātpāpe pravartate /
kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca vairiṇo balavattarāḥ

kṛtākṛtaṃ na jānanti prāṇinastadvaśaṃ gatāḥ /
vibhave satyahaṅkāraḥ prabalaḥ prabhavatyapi

ahaṅkārād‌bhavenmoho mohānmaraṇameva ca /
saṅkalpā bahavastatra vikalpāḥ prabhavanti ca

īrṣyāsūyā tathā dveṣaḥ prādurbhavati cetasi /
āśā tṛṣṇā tathā dainyaṃ dambho'dharmamatistathā

prāṇināṃ prabhavantyete bhāvā mohasamud‌bhavāḥ /
yajñadānāni tīrthāni vratāni niyamāstathā

ahaṅkārābhibhūtastu karoti puruṣo'nvaham /
ahaṃbhāvakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ prabhavedvai na śaucavat

rāgalobhātkṛtaṃ karma sarvāṅgaṃ śuddhivarjitam /
prathamaṃ dravyaśuddhiśca draṣṭavyā vibudhaiḥ kila

adroheṇārjitaṃ dravyaṃ praśastaṃ dharmakarmaṇi /
drohārjitena dravyeṇa yatkaroti śubhaṃ naraḥ

viparītaṃ bhavettattu phalakāle nṛpottama /
mano'tinirmalaṃ yasya sa samyakphalabhāgbhavet

tasminvikārayukte tu na yathārthaphalaṃ labhet /
kartāraḥ karmaṇāṃ sarve ācāryaṛtvijādayaḥ

syuste viśuddhamanasastadā pūrṇaṃ bhavetphalam /
deśakālakriyādravyakartṝṇāṃ śuddhatā yadi

mantrāṇāṃ ca tadā pūrṇaṃ karmaṇāṃ phalamaśnute /
śatrūṇāṃ nāśamuddiśya svavṛddhiṃ paramāṃ tathā

karoti sukṛtaṃ tadvadviparītaṃ bhavetkila /
svārthāsaktaḥ pumānnityaṃ na jānāti śubhāśubham

daivādhīnaḥ sadā kuryātpāpameva na satkṛtam /
prājāpatyāḥ surāḥ sarve hyasurāśca tadud‌bhavāḥ

sarve te svārthaniratāḥ parasparavirodhinaḥ /
sattvod‌bhavāḥ surāḥ sarve'pyuktā vedeṣu mānuṣāḥ

rajod‌bhavāstāmasāstu tiryaṃcaḥ parikīrtitāḥ /
sattvod‌bhavānāṃ tairvairaṃ parasparamanāratam

tiraścāmatra kiṃ citraṃ jātivairasamud‌bhave /
sadā drohaparā devāstapovighnakarāstathā

asantuṣṭā dveṣaparāḥ parasparavirodhinaḥ /
ahaṅkārasamud‌bhūtaḥ saṃsāro'yaṃ yato nṛpa

rāgadveṣavihīnastu sa kathaṃ jāyate nṛpa

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ //
caturthaskandhe adhamajagataḥ sthitivarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ